Assessment - Rational Cloze Text (E-mail)

Dear students,

Here is an assessment about e-mail. Each question in the text below refers to a numbered blank. For each question, choose the best answer. Copy this cloze text and write the answer in exercise book 3. We will discuss the answer in the class tomorrow.

E-mailing is a very simple process and we all know how it works. __________(1) write a message and send it to __________(2) e-mail address. It shows in the person's ___________(3). He or she opens the message, ____________(4) it and chooses whether or not to respond. There are ____________(5) websites offering free e-mail services. Microsoft ____________(6) us with Hotmail while Yahoo gives _____________(7) yahoo.com. Besides these, many search engines ______________(8) available for free on the Internet, with directories like Yahoo and Google. We are very fortunate to be living in this age.

1. A I

B He

C You

D She

2. A nobody's

B someone's

C everyone's

D everybody's

3. A inbox

B e-mail

C outbox

D outmail

4. A read

B reads

C reading

5. A lots

B more

C much

D many

6. A provide

B provides

C provided

D providing

7. A us

B we

C me

D they

8. A is

B are

C was

D were